Charlie Higginbotham, the 5-year-old passenger in the Monday wreck on U.S. 96 in Pineland that killed his mother, Kandy Nichols, and Scott Morris, was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday, DPS said.

Charlie Higginbotham, the 5-year-old passenger in the Monday wreck on U.S. 96 in Pineland that killed his mother, Kandy Nichols, and Scott Morris, was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday, DPS said.

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Charlie Higginbotham, the 5-year-old passenger in the Monday wreck on U.S. 96 in Pineland that killed his mother, Kandy Nichols, and Scott Morris, was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday, DPS said.

Charlie Higginbotham, the 5-year-old passenger in the Monday wreck on U.S. 96 in Pineland that killed his mother, Kandy Nichols, and Scott Morris, was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday, DPS said.

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Charlie Higginbotham, the 5-year-old passenger in the Monday wreck on U.S. 96 in Pineland that killed his mother, Kandy Nichols, and Scott Morris, was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday, DPS said.

Charlie Higginbotham, the 5-year-old passenger in the Monday wreck on U.S. 96 in Pineland that killed his mother, Kandy Nichols, and Scott Morris, was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday, DPS said.

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Charlie Higginbotham, the 5-year-old passenger in the Monday wreck on U.S. 96 in Pineland that killed his mother, Kandy Nichols, and Scott Morris, was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday, DPS said.

Charlie Higginbotham, the 5-year-old passenger in the Monday wreck on U.S. 96 in Pineland that killed his mother, Kandy Nichols, and Scott Morris, was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday, DPS said.

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Charlie Higginbotham, the 5-year-old passenger in the Monday wreck on U.S. 96 in Pineland that killed his mother, Kandy Nichols, and Scott Morris, was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday, DPS said.

Charlie Higginbotham, the 5-year-old passenger in the Monday wreck on U.S. 96 in Pineland that killed his mother, Kandy Nichols, and Scott Morris, was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday, DPS said.

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Charlie Higginbotham, the 5-year-old passenger in the Monday wreck on U.S. 96 in Pineland that killed his mother, Kandy Nichols, and Scott Morris, was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday, DPS said.

Charlie Higginbotham, the 5-year-old passenger in the Monday wreck on U.S. 96 in Pineland that killed his mother, Kandy Nichols, and Scott Morris, was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday, DPS said.

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Charlie Higginbotham, the 5-year-old passenger in the Monday wreck on U.S. 96 in Pineland that killed his mother, Kandy Nichols, and Scott Morris, was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday, DPS said.

Charlie Higginbotham, the 5-year-old passenger in the Monday wreck on U.S. 96 in Pineland that killed his mother, Kandy Nichols, and Scott Morris, was pronounced dead at the hospital Wednesday, DPS said.

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Child dies following Sabine County wreck

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The five-year-old child passenger involved in a Monday afternoon wreck in Sabine County was pronounced deceased Wednesday as a result of the crash.

Charlie Higginbotham was flown to Texas Children's Hospital in Houston following the wreck where he was kept on life support until he died Wednesday, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Both his mother, Kandy Windham Nichols, 45, and the driver, Scott Anthony Morris, 51, were pronounced dead at the scene Monday after their SUV hydroplaned and was hit head-on by oncoming traffic on U.S. 96 near Pineland, DPS said.

A GoFundMe account set up to cover funeral expenses of the family had raised $725 of a $10,000 goal as of 7 p.m. Thursday.

"We hope to help raise funds to alleviate some stress they are under in such a difficult time," Erin Shipley, a family friend who created the GoFundMe, told BeaumontEnterprise.com.

Charlie had reportedly been enrolled at West Sabine Elementary Nov. 29 as the family had moved to Pineland from Louisiana just days before the fatal wreck, according to the site.

A benefit lunch has been scheduled for Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. at the Pineland Pool Hall to cover medical and burial expenses for Nichols and Charlie, according to a Pineland community page Facebook post.

Those interested in contributing can pre-order a hot dog plate for $5 or a hamburger plate for $7 by calling (346) 236-5468 or by showing up, the post said.

Morris' funeral was Thursday at 1 p.m. in Mittie, Louisiana, according to the GoFundMe site.